The Kenyan Interior Ministry, on Friday, said the death toll from flood-related incidents in the country has crossed 200 since March as a cyclone barrelled towards the Tanzanian coast.
Torrential rains have lashed much of East Africa, triggering flooding and landslides that have destroyed crops, swallowed homes, and displaced hundreds of thousands of people. According to the statement by the Interior Ministry, some 210 people have died “due to severe weather conditions,” with 22 killed in the past 24 hours. The statement added that more than 165,000 people had been uprooted from their homes, and 90 others missing, raising fears that the toll could rise higher.
Tanzanian authorities warned Friday that Hidaya had “strengthened to reach the status of a full-fledged cyclone,” at 3:00am local time when it was some 400 kilometres from the southeastern city of Mtwara. “Cyclone Hidaya has continued to strengthen further, with wind speeds increasing to about 130 kilometres per hour,” they said in a weather bulletin.
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